1885 Bruce by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 The 1885 Bruce by-election was a by-election held on 5 August 1885 in the Bruce electorate during the 9th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election was held after the resignation of Robert Gillies for health reasons. He had won the seat at the general 1884. He was replaced by Donald Reid. The runner-up James McDonald had represented Bruce up to the 1884. A former representative of the Bruce electorate, William Murray, was invited to contest the by-election but he declined.The Oamaru Mail https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OAM18850803.2.7 30 April 2020 X 3007 3 August 1885 2 Papers Past J. C. Anderson was born in Bruce and had farmed there for thirteen years.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CL18850731.2.25?query=Anderson%20Bruce&start_date=31-07-1885&end_date=31-07-1885&snippet=true&title=AG,CL&type=ARTICLE Bruce Election Clutha Leader 31 July 1885 Papers Past William Hutchison wrote that he had "many pleasant memories" of the electorate https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CL18850814.2.14.2?query=Bruce&start_date=14-08-1885&end_date=14-08-1885&snippet=true&title=CL&type=ARTICLE Random Notes Clutha Leader 14 August 1885 Papers Past but another correspondent said it was a "very palpable defeat" and denied that the Kaitangata miners were told how to vote. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CL18850814.2.14.2?query=Bruce&start_date=14-08-1885&end_date=14-08-1885&snippet=true&title=CL&type=ARTICLE Random Notes Clutha Leader 21 August 1885 Papers Past Results The following table gives the election result: References Bruce 1885 Category:1885 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Otago